1. Insurance
Coverage
as
it
Relates
to
Median
Household
Income
Lauren
Minnick

2. Insurance
Coverage
and
Median
Household
Income
-­‐The
following
slides
contain
maps
showing
the
percentage
of
people
with
insurance
coverage
in
the
US
and
the
Median
Household
Income
in
the
US,
first
by
county
and
then
by
state.
-­‐When
comparing
the
maps
sorted
by
county
some
similariDes
are
apparent:
The
pockets
of
Very
Low
or
Low
insurance
coverage
in
Florida,
Texas,
as
well
as
the
smaller
pockets
in
Colorado
and
Montana
correspond
to
areas
of
Lower
Income
($36,000-­‐$70,000).
-­‐The
areas
of
High
to
Very
High
insurance
coverage
in
Michigan,
Wisconsin,
and
the
Northeast
also
correspond
to
higher
income
areas
($41,000-­‐72,519).

3. People
with
Health
Insurance
by
County,
2005

4. Median
Household
Income
by
County,
2010

5. People
with
Health
Insurance
by
State,
2005

6. Median
Household
Income
by
State,
2010

7. Conclusion
-­‐While
it
is
possible
to
see
a
correlaDon
between
median
household
income
and
insurance
coverage
when
comparing
the
maps
that
display
the
data
by
county,
the
apparent
correlaDons
disappear
when
the
data
is
organized
by
state.
When
organized
by
state
the
map
of
insurance
coverage
shows
an
enDrely
different
configuraDon
than
the
map
displaying
median
household
income.
-­‐It
also
bears
noDng
that
the
data
sets
used
for
the
maps
are
from
2005
(Health
Insurance)
and
2010
(Median
Household
Income).
While
median
household
income
has
remained
relaDvely
flat
in
the
last
five
years,
I
would
speculate
that
insurance
coverage
has
probably
decreased
overall
due
to
rising
unemployment
in
the
interim
period.